Drug Policy Reform

Apr 17, 2013

István Gábor Takács

Media scholarships – call for application

The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) is offering 10 media scholarships to eligible journalists to attend the International Harm Reduction Conference 2013 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Apr 11, 2013

István Gábor Takács

Queen of the ‘Legal Highs’

Mephedrone has proved to be the most successful of the recent wave of novel psychoactive drugs to have appeared on the European recreational market. The only ‘legal high’ to have managed to enter users’ repertoires even after being banned in most countries, it also raised the question of how ‘phantom’ narcotics are to be dealt with.

Apr 11, 2013

István Gábor Takács

Evo Morales at the CND in 2013

Watch the full speech of Evo Morales, president of Bolivia, at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, march 2013. Now with English and Spanish subtitles.

Apr 10, 2013

Péter Sárosi

Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor

Our video report from the panel discussion “Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor”

Apr 1, 2013

István Gábor Takács

Portugal Bans Legal Highs

Following the example of many other EU member states, Portugal has recently approved a restrictive law on legal highs – threatening to push the use of new psychoactive substances into the shadows.

Mar 27, 2013

Péter Sárosi

The UN on Drugs: Trends in 2013

Our movie gives you an insight of the 2013 trends of international drug control policies

Mar 25, 2013

Péter Sárosi

A Bag of Bango

A Hungarian Journalist Investigating Egyptian Weed and Hashish

Mar 21, 2013

Péter Sárosi

The Innovative Regulation of Legal Highs in New Zealand

The HCLU interviewed Peter Dunne, the Minister of Revenue of New Zealand. He explained the innovative legislational approach his country has adopted to new psychoactive drugs